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AN ERORMOUS VINEYARD. SENATOR STANFORD'S RANCH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Mills of IHtchoH and Armlet* of Em ployes?How the Men are Boarded and Something About Their Life. I write this letter on Senator Stan ford's famous North California ranch. I have visited Palo Alto and tho horse farm near San Francisco, but they are nothing as compared with this great estate. The Vina ranch lies in the heart of tho Sacramento Valley. It is about two hundred miles north of San Francisco and it comprises miles of the iluest soil in California. It contains more than 50,000 acres, and has upon It tho biggest vineyard In tho world. Its wine and brandy production is so great that Undo Sam has had to put up a bondud warohouse upon it to collect his taxes, and this warehouse covers more than two acres of space. In It to-day there is stored more than a million dol lars' worth of brandy, and before this can be sold tho United States Govern ment must rocoivo from it tho enor mous sum of $(100,000 In rovenuo taxes. Tho winery of this vast ostate is more like a groat factory than a col lection of farm buildings. Its brick structures er" er acres, and from whoro 1 write tho ?.! cat vines cover tho earth almost as far as I can seo. You can ride for days over this ranch and not see the half of its wondors. On ono part of it 30,000 sheep are nibbling at the sweet grass, and tho lambs among these which woro born this spring num ber more than 7,000. In another place there is a drove of nearly 2,000 nogs, and it has dairies which are supplied by the finest of Holstein registered cat tle, and tho horse department con tains hundreds of valuable horses, some of which are worth fortunes. In riding this morning with Captain Mc Intyro, tho manager of tho ranch, I happened to say soinothing about fruit trees, and he told mo that there woro thirty miles of such treos along the ir rigating ditches, and he said : " Wo have just put out a little patch of 0,000 treos this spring.1' "Six thousand treos ?" said I. "Do you call that a little patch? Most men would consider it an immense orchard." "Oh," said he, "wo havo just planted 7.000 moro in tho other end of the ranch and our fruit crop is a very prolitublo one. Wo had last year over 11,000 tons of grapes, and it takes un army to pick tho fruit. There are In round numbers about three million grape vines on the estate, and when they are in full boaring wo ought to have a product of about 40,000,000 pounds per year." This estate is a part of the property whioh Senator Stanford has presented to the Lelund Stanford, Jr., Univer sity. It is worth millions, and ho is spending a groat deal of money from his private fortune upon it and thus in creasing its value evory yoar. Just bo low here Is a ranch of 20,000 acres more, which is also given to tho uni versity, and his Palo Alto ranch, where the college is located, contains ?,000 acres of valuable land. AN ARMY OF WORKMEN. It takes an army of men to manage an estate like this, and on this Vina ranch alone the employes range from 2")0 to 1500 in number. It cost last month more than $1,000 to board tho bunds upon It, and tho board bill of the workmen often runs up to $4,000 a month. It is interesting to know how such a farm is handled. Everything is syste matic and business-llko. This runoh is divided up into departments, each of whieh has its head, and these heads take care of the men under them and report daily to Captain Melntyro. Tho hands are parceled out just like the soldiers of un army, and tho forces uro nut where they will do tho most good. There are about 160 farm horses and a f like number of mules almost constantly at work, and tho irrigation department alone requires the riding of its fore* man a distance of nearly twonty-fivo voiles every day. There uro moro than .'lot) miles of irrigating canals on tho place, and there uro fifty miles of such icunals through tho vineyards alone. In addition to this number of work horses and mules are tho saddle horses of the foremen and the men, the car riage horses and tho high-bred horses whieh are brought hero in hundreds from Palo Alto. There is a horse department hero which has un establishment almost us large us that of the Palo Alto ranch. It has it* training school and Its kinder- I garten for the colts, and it takes a number of grooms and of skilled horse men to manage thorn. During my j'isit to it to-day I ?aw some of tho most famous of the Senator's horses, and took pictures of two whieh uro to bo shipped to tho Czar of Russia in ox-1 change fee some OrlofT stallions which the Czar is going to send to Senator Stanford. In the horse department, sis in every other, tho work goes on by tho clock and according to rule. The horses are fed at 4 o'clock In tho morn ing, und tho young colts uro worked every day. Six quarts of oats a day is considered enough for a horse, though the feed is graduated according to their work and strength. The colts are put into tho kindergarton for fast training at six months. They are nover sworn at nor whipped, and they are as friondly as dogs and as gontlo as kittens. UOAKDINQ IN CAMPS. Nearly all tbo employes on this estate are bachelors. They are divid ed up into camps, ami I he buildings of ?one of the chief cauuu cover about two acres, and can accommodate 500 men. Tho vineyard camp contains a colony of sovonty Frenchmen, who nuinugo their own board and who receive so much wages and an al lowance for eating. Thoy do their own cooking and like wino with their meals. Thoy uso about 1100 gallons a month, and prefer red wine, which they mix with water. Here and there scattered ovor tho estato are other ? ?-amps, the most of whioh aro furnished \vith Chinese cooks by tho manager, an*d where thoy livo and board at the vx^mvs of the farm. Thoy have com forta bio rooms and good food and their wages run from a dollar a day and board irpward. The foremen receive from $3n to $40 a month. TJio supor Intendant get $7f> a month, a.""* ???no of tho skill,?,; men much largos aalarios. The pay voll of this ranch' rims from $10,000 to $20,000 a moniMi, and the rules aro industry, obodieuco and temporance. A few Chinamen are employed upon the place, but tlf* majority of the hands aro American?? MILLION? IN BRANDY. I spent some tiuM' in going through the winery and tue brandy vaults. Everything is managed in the most economical and most scientific way, and tho Senator is trying to prove that California will produce tU? best brandy in the world. He has opflued a waro house in tho East and he ships his wines and brandies away by tho car loads. During the month prior to my vbiit ho sent away 120,000 gallon* of brandy, and he believes that tfcl? putt, AN ERORMOUS VINEYARD. SENATOR STANFORD'S RANCH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Mills of IHtchoH and Armlet* of Em ployes?How the Men are Boarded and Something About Their Life. I write this letter on Senator Stan ford's famous North California ranch. I have visited Palo Alto and tho horse farm near San Francisco, but they are nothing as compared with this great estate. The Vina ranch lies in the heart of tho Sacramento Valley. It is about two hundred miles north of San Francisco and it comprises miles of the iluest soil in California. It contains more than 50,000 acres, and has upon It tho biggest vineyard In tho world. Its wine and brandy production is so great that Undo Sam has had to put up a bondud warohouse upon it to collect his taxes, and this warehouse covers more than two acres of space. In It to-day there is stored more than a million dol lars' worth of brandy, and before this can be sold tho United States Govern ment must rocoivo from it tho enor mous sum of $(100,000 In rovenuo taxes. Tho winery of this vast ostate is more like a groat factory than a col lection of farm buildings. Its brick structures er" er acres, and from whoro 1 write tho ?.! cat vines cover tho earth almost as far as I can seo. You can ride for days over this ranch and not see the half of its wondors. On ono part of it 30,000 sheep are nibbling at the sweet grass, and tho lambs among these which woro born this spring num ber more than 7,000. In another place there is a drove of nearly 2,000 nogs, and it has dairies which are supplied by the finest of Holstein registered cat tle, and tho horse department con tains hundreds of valuable horses, some of which are worth fortunes. In riding this morning with Captain Mc Intyro, tho manager of tho ranch, I happened to say soinothing about fruit trees, and he told mo that there woro thirty miles of such treos along the ir rigating ditches, and he said : " Wo have just put out a little patch of 0,000 treos this spring.1' "Six thousand treos ?" said I. "Do you call that a little patch? Most men would consider it an immense orchard." "Oh," said he, "wo havo just planted 7.000 moro in tho other end of the ranch and our fruit crop is a very prolitublo one. Wo had last year over 11,000 tons of grapes, and it takes un army to pick tho fruit. There are In round numbers about three million grape vines on the estate, and when they are in full boaring wo ought to have a product of about 40,000,000 pounds per year." This estate is a part of the property whioh Senator Stanford has presented to the Lelund Stanford, Jr., Univer sity. It is worth millions, and ho is spending a groat deal of money from his private fortune upon it and thus in creasing its value evory yoar. Just bo low here Is a ranch of 20,000 acres more, which is also given to tho uni versity, and his Palo Alto ranch, where the college is located, contains ?,000 acres of valuable land. AN ARMY OF WORKMEN. It takes an army of men to manage an estate like this, and on this Vina ranch alone the employes range from 2")0 to 1500 in number. It cost last month more than $1,000 to board tho bunds upon It, and tho board bill of the workmen often runs up to $4,000 a month. It is interesting to know how such a farm is handled. Everything is syste matic and business-llko. This runoh is divided up into departments, each of whieh has its head, and these heads take care of the men under them and report daily to Captain Melntyro. Tho hands are parceled out just like the soldiers of un army, and tho forces uro nut where they will do tho most good. There are about 160 farm horses and a f like number of mules almost constantly at work, and tho irrigation department alone requires the riding of its fore* man a distance of nearly twonty-fivo voiles every day. There uro moro than .'lot) miles of irrigating canals on tho place, and there uro fifty miles of such icunals through tho vineyards alone. In addition to this number of work horses and mules are tho saddle horses of the foremen and the men, the car riage horses and tho high-bred horses whieh are brought hero in hundreds from Palo Alto. There is a horse department hero which has un establishment almost us large us that of the Palo Alto ranch. It has it* training school and Its kinder- I garten for the colts, and it takes a number of grooms and of skilled horse men to manage thorn. During my j'isit to it to-day I ?aw some of tho most famous of the Senator's horses, and took pictures of two whieh uro to bo shipped to tho Czar of Russia in ox-1 change fee some OrlofT stallions which the Czar is going to send to Senator Stanford. In the horse department, sis in every other, tho work goes on by tho clock and according to rule. The horses are fed at 4 o'clock In tho morn ing, und tho young colts uro worked every day. Six quarts of oats a day is considered enough for a horse, though the feed is graduated according to their work and strength. The colts are put into tho kindergarton for fast training at six months. They are nover sworn at nor whipped, and they are as friondly as dogs and as gontlo as kittens. UOAKDINQ IN CAMPS. Nearly all tbo employes on this estate are bachelors. They are divid ed up into camps, ami I he buildings of ?one of the chief cauuu cover about two acres, and can accommodate 500 men. Tho vineyard camp contains a colony of sovonty Frenchmen, who nuinugo their own board and who receive so much wages and an al lowance for eating. Thoy do their own cooking and like wino with their meals. Thoy uso about 1100 gallons a month, and prefer red wine, which they mix with water. Here and there scattered ovor tho estato are other ? ?-amps, the most of whioh aro furnished \vith Chinese cooks by tho manager, an*d where thoy livo and board at the vx^mvs of the farm. Thoy have com forta bio rooms and good food and their wages run from a dollar a day and board irpward. The foremen receive from $3n to $40 a month. TJio supor Intendant get $7f> a month, a.""* ???no of tho skill,?,; men much largos aalarios. The pay voll of this ranch' rims from $10,000 to $20,000 a moniMi, and the rules aro industry, obodieuco and temporance. A few Chinamen are employed upon the place, but tlf* majority of the hands aro American?? MILLION? IN BRANDY. I spent some tiuM' in going through the winery and tue brandy vaults. Everything is managed in the most economical and most scientific way, and tho Senator is trying to prove that California will produce tU? best brandy in the world. He has opflued a waro house in tho East and he ships his wines and brandies away by tho car loads. During the month prior to my vbiit ho sent away 120,000 gallon* of brandy, and he believes that tfcl? putt, of California is bettor adapted to the making of brandy than of wine. Captain Molntyre tells me that the secret of making good brandy is to take out the fusel oils, but to leave the essential oils and parts necessary to be oxidized to mako it age properly, and the machinery hero is adapted to that purpose. I wish I could describe it. I walked in and out among great hogs heads, each of which would hold as much as 2T>,000 gallons, and I saw vats in which ten and twelve thousand were stored. In ono room the brandy was run through coil of pipes, and in another I found that it was vaporized again and again, each time losing some of its fusel oil. Soven great vats, holding 3000 gallons of brandy, are used for this purpose, and outside the winery I suw hundreds of great barrels connected with pipes into which tho wine and brandy were run during a part of tho processes. Tho cost of the buildings of this brandy factory is more than $lf)0,000, and they are lighted by electricity. The coop er shop of this establishment is worth notice. HOW THE VINEYARD IS MANAGED. This big vineyard embraces about six square miles of territory. Tho whole is laid off with perfect regularity into blocks of uniform size and streets of regular width. It is, in fact, a city of grapes. Each block contains about 1400 vinos, and the main streets which run through them from oast, to wost aro forty-eight feet wide, and thoy are cut up by avenues sixteen foot in width. There uro about 080 vinos to tho aero, and I wus surprised to find thut the vines were trimmed down almost close to tho earth every year. Some of the vines are very old, and others havo just been pluntod. Tho grapes aro ripe about the last of July, and tho picking of tho grapes* begins about tho first of August. They are picked in boxes holding fifty pounds each, and there aro 12,000 of those boxes ready for use. The picking is dono by gangs of men and boys, und at its height about a thousand men aro employed. Tho vineyards aro plowed regularly and their cultivation is carefully watched with hoe and harrow. Capt. Mclntyro has been for eight yours engaged in vine growing and every thing is managed on a scientific basis. Even in tho picking of the grapes the greatest caro is used. The grapes uro sorted as they aro picked. The men gather tho grapes in pairs, each man carrying a box. As thoy go from vino to vine they put tho bad grapes in one box and tho best ones in tho other, und these uro used for different grades of wlno or brandy. Tho picking always begins early in tho day, und if Mio weather is very hot it is suspended, and resumed only lato in tho afternoon and carried on into tho night, so that tho pickers work tho usual number of hours. A good picker ought to average forty boxes of grapes a day, and some men can pick as much as a ton and a half. FOOD ON A CALIFORNIA FARM. It may interest you to know what men eat in one of theso big farm board ing houses. The cooks huvo to make out orders for just what they want and every item hus to bo specified. From a monthly order before mo I sec that they consumed last, month three barrels of sugar, ono barrel of rolled oats, and lurgo quuntities of corn starch, macaroni, boans, peas, sausage, rice, sago, tea and coffee and moat. Nearly all the moat and vegetables come from the farm, and all of the hut tor and milk. The men have their breakfasts ut ft u. m., and are allowed forty minutes to eat. At six they go out to work with their teams and at 11.30 thoy stop for dinner and lay off until quarter of ono. Thoy stop work at 0 and havo suppor at 7. As far us I could seo thoy seemed to enjoy them selves und to be a sort of happy-go lucky crowd. They havo a baseball club of their own, and there is a dancing club which thoy keop up. Some of thorn uro good boxers, but they nearly all belong to thut class of workmen which you find in California, who drift along from place to placo, working all along tho coast from Los Angeles to Seattle, and not scorning to cure for a homo of their own. A LOOK AT THE HORSES. I spent some time in looking at the fine horses on this ranch. There uro 383, which were brought hero in special curs from tho Palo Alto ranch, and there is a race truck here of a milo in longth for the training of thorn. Tho kindergarten is a little pen con taining a circular track perhaps a quarter of a milo in length, and tho trainer stands in tho center of this with a whip and cracks this at tho colts as thoy run about it. Senator Stanford told mo ono day his theory as to this modo of training. Said ho : " I believe there are certain muscles which tho horse uses while ho is going fust that are never called into play when ho is making his ordinary gait. Tho horse which is never speeded dooH not call into play these muscles. Ho may have tho germs of them, but thoy lio dormant und flabby. I believe by the cultivation of theso muscles by speeding tho colt that thoy grow and become stronger from year to year and tho colt thus acquires his perfection. Tho chief thing is to prevent them overdoing. You can ruin tho training of years in an hour, and the greatest trouble is in gutting good trainers. My idea is to excite tho colts to do tholr best without over-oxortion, and this dono from day to dav with any of the great horses of the day, tukon whon thoy wore young, would havo, I bolieve, mudo thorn to do hotter work than thoy aro now doing." I am told hero at Vinu that tho Czar has offorod to send Senator Stanford anything ho wants in his stables in re turn for a couplo of good horses from Palo Alto for brooding purposes. It is not known positively what horses will bo sont to Russia, but tho trainers here think thut among thoso picked out will be the stallion "Good Gift." "Good Gift" is by Electioneer out of a thoroughbred mare. Ho has a good record and is beautifully foi mod. Sen ator Stanford thinks that tho Orloff breed would, if it oould bo introduced into this country, buoomo a vory popular coach horse for the rich pooplo of our cities. Tho Orloff horses aro large and showy. Tho most of them aro black. Thoy possess great endurance and are noted for their fine action and their nigh spirit. Thoy make good time and thoy would bring big prices in tho United States, Thp .Senator has two magnifloont ooaoh horses at Washing ton, which are as black as let, wnluU are mads very muoh after the style of the Orloffs. I do not know as to their breed, but they are ono of the most valuable coach teams in the United Htauvi, Senator Stanford belioves that no greater thing can bo done for the farming interests of the Unltod States than in the improvement of tho breed of our horses. He once told mo that he thought tho kind of horses ho is raising hove would make far superior farm horses to tho heavier variety, such aa tho Normans and the Peroberont. He thinks tbey hay* more endurance, cost less to keep, and that they will do moro work in a given time than the heavier variety. Ilia horses here, as well as those at Palo Alto, will bo given to the uni versity estate, if ho should die, and it is, i think, his idea that his breeding establishment will be continued.? Frank G. Carpenter in Washington Evening Star. Why Incomes Should Be Taxed. Tho Literary Digest notes tho grow ing popularity of the income tax and I says : " Tho proposition to impose a fed eral tax on incomes has evidently as sumed an Important political signifi cance. The report that tho presi dent will reeommond such a tax in his next message has not been uutborita tlvoly confirmed or denied, but i .s ap parent that the democratic press is strongly inclined to believe tho report and, as well, to favor tho tux. The grounds on which it is urged aro (1) tho justico of the tax, making the burdens of government rest on the strong in proportion to their strength ; (2) tho needs of tho treasury, owing, In a largo measure, to the pension legislation; (3) tho need of some now mode of rais ing rovonuo if tho tariff schedule is re formed along Democratic lines." Tho three reasons hero stated for levying such a tax aro apparently un answerable. It Is certainly fair and just that the rich people whose fortunes have been largely built up by tho favoritism of tho government should contribute moro than tho poorer classes to tho support of tho govern ment. Tho needs of tho treasury caused by the pension drain, and to bo made still more pressing by the cutting down of our customs duties, will Im peratively demand un Increase of revenue, and tho only way to get It will bo to Increase existing taxes or tax something that now escapes taxa tion. Tho sentiment of tho people is against Increasing our present tax rato. It is urged that the thousands of rich men deriving big Incomes from nut axed bonds and securities should be mado to bear their proportionate share of tho public burden. They aro able to pay a tax, and thero is more justice in taxing their incomes than thero would bo in piling heavier taxes on tho masses. As matters now stand, there aro millionaires In tho eastern cities who got off with a poll tax. Their money is Invested in bonds yield ing them enormous Incomes. They escape taxation, while tho average citizen with his little cottage or small farm is taxed to make up t lie amount which thoy should pay into the public treasury. The protests against the income tax como mainly from the eastern pluto crats. Their favorite argument is that such a tux would be levied upon money, und not upon any particular class of persons, disposes of the first point. The man who paid an income tax one year might escape it the next year in consequence of a reversal of fortune. The tax is aimed at tho income and not at the man. Tho second objection is of little weight. England collects an income tax and wo collect un in ternal revenue tux. We ean collect any other tax when wo settle down to business. A man with un income'of $10,000 a year will return it und pay tho tux on it rather than risk the peni tentiary.?Atlanta Constiution. The Southern Society.?The noted Southern Society of Now York has de cided to abandon the club feature of its organization, and at a recent meet ing the following resolutions were passed without a dissenting vote : Resolved, That it is inexpedient for the socioty to continue longer any club features. That such features entail an exponso Incommensurate with the society's income, preclude expendi tures requisite for tho accomplishment of tho objects for whieh the society was organized, and interfere with its proper development and progress. Resolved, That this society will abol ish all club features, and return to the basis of tho society proper; that to this end initiation fees be abolished and dues be reduced to $20 per year for resident and $10 for non-resident mem bers; that tho rooms be retained, which shall be supplied with Southern papers and periodicals, und with proper facilities for mooting, for Inter course of members and extension of courtesies for non-resident Southerners visiting the elty and for the main tenance and development of tho socioty library ; that periodical re-unions, an nual oanduete, receptions and other like events of a society nature whieh promote acquaintance and social inter course of members and further the ob jects of tho socioty, bo continued and umplltied; thut larger provision bo made for the extension of sympathy and aid to deserving cases of mis fortune or distress; that suitable means bo taken upon all proper occa sions to promote and honor those who have contributed or shall contribute to tho advancement und welfare of the South and especially to the portrayal und porpetuatlon of the best traits of Southern life and character, and that tho society bo over ready to unite In whatever expression is required to pro mote the- honor and dignity of the country and the city of Now York. Baptized a Corpse.?The Atlanta Herald tolls a strange story about tho immersion of a man in Walker County, Georgia, after he was dead. It seems improbable, and is given only for what it is worth. J. W. Massoy, a well-known and highly rospected citizen of this com munity, hud been sick for quite while, and on May 251th died. Before his death he failed to unite with the church ot his choico, and while he wus dangerously 111 he requested* to be bap tized, but his physician notified him that it would be hazardous to immerse him, und tho inun mude a special re quest that if he died his body should bo baptized before burial. He wanted it done, he said, as a grave warning to all who know it their duty before death to obey this strict command of tho Bible and put it off rfroin time to time. Ho said he had neglected this duty during lifo and want pooplo to take his example as a warning. When the funeral occurred at tho Hixon graveyard tho Rev. W. L. Dron non, who had boon proaehiug to Mr. Massoy for years, with the assistance of several men, baptized tho dead man's body and then buriod it in tho family pernetery. ?John Hanson Oralg, of Danville, Ind., is undoubtedly tho largest man in the world. He is 37 years old and weighs 007 pounds. Ho is six feot and five iuchos high, moasures eight foet and four inches around the hips, elgh* toon inches around tho ankle, twenty nine Inches around tho knoe and slxty itijl inches around tho thigh next to tho body. Ho requires forty-one yards for a suit of clothes, and throe pounds of yarn for stock lugs. Mrs. Cralg Is a good-looking blonde and weighs 130 pounds. I.INCOL-N'B A88A88INATIOX. The First Tragedy in the Old Theater Recalled by the Recent Accident. The collapse of tho old Ford theater building calls to mind that other awful tragedy which occuraed within its walls and which made the place historic?the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by Wilkes Booth. The assassination was on the evening of the 14th of April, 18(15. On that evening, President Lincoln was invited by the manager of Ford's theator, in Washington, to attend in the evening a performance of the play, "'Our American Cousin," with Laura Keene as the leuding lady. This play, now ho woll'known to all play-goers,in which tho late Sothorn afterwards inado for tune and fame, was then comparatively unheralded. The play was new, consequetly not alluring to him. but ho yielded to the wishes of Mrs. Lincoln und wont. They took with them Miss Harris and Major Rathbono, daughter and stepson of Sen ator Harris, of Now York. Tho thoator was crowded. At 0:20 the president and his purty entered. Theaudienco rose und cheered enthusi astically as thoy pusscd to tho 'stato box' rosorved for them. Little did any ono present dream that within the hour enthusiasm would give place to shrieks of horror. It was 10 o'clock when Booth came upon tho scono to enact tho last and greatest tragedy of tho war. Ho hud planr/id carefully but not correctly. A good horse awaited him at the re.i. of the theator, on which ho intended to ride into friendly shelter among the hills of Maryland. Ho made his way to tho president's boxf a double ono in tho second tier, at the loft of the stage. The separating partition hud been re moved, and both boxes had boon thrown into one. Booth entered tho theator nonchal antly, glanced at the stage with appar ent interest, then slowly worked his way around into the outer passage load ing towards the box occupied by tho president. At tho ond of un inner passage load ing to tho box door one of tho presi dent's ' messengers was stationed to prevent unwelcome instrusions. Booth presented a card to him, stating that Mr. Lincoln hud sent for him, und was permitted to pass. After gaining an entrance und closing the hall door, he took u piece of board prepared for the occusion, und pluced ono ond of it in un indentation in the wall, about four feet from the floor and tho other against the moulding of the door panel a few inches higher, making it impossible for any one to enter from without. Tho box had two doors. Ho bored a gimlet hole in the panel of one, ruining it out with his knife so us to leavo it a little larger than a buckshot on tho inside, while on tho other side it was big enough to give his eye u wide range. Both doors hud spring locks. To securo against their being locked, ho had loosened tho screws with which tho bolts wore fas tened. So deliberately hud ho planned that the very seats in the box had been ar ranged to suit his purpose by un ac complice, ono Spangler, an attache of the theater. The president sat in the left hand corner of the box, nearest tho audience, in an easy arm-chair. Next to him, on tho right, sat Mrs. Lincoln. A little distance to tho right of both, Miss Harris was seated, with Major Rathbono at her loft, and a little in tho rear of Mrs. Lincoln, who, intent on the play, was leaning forward, with one hand resting on her husband's knee. The president was leaning upon ono hand, and with tho other was toying with a portion of tho drapery. His'face waa partially turn to the audience, und wore u pleasant, smile. The assassin swift'.y entered tho box through tho door at the right, and tho next instunt fired. Tho ball entered just behind tho president's loft ear, and, though not .producing instanta neous death) completely obliterated all consciousness. Major Rathbono heard tho report, and in an instant later saw the mur derer, about six foot from tho president, und grappled with him, but his grasp was shaken off. Booth dropped his pistol and drew a long, thin, deadly looking knife, with which the wounded tho major. Then touching his loft hand to the railing of the box, ho vaulted over to the stage, oight or nine feet below. In that descent an unlocked for and curious thing hupponcd which foiled all tho plans of the assassin and wus tho means of bringing him to bay at last. Lincoln's box was draped with the American Hag, and Booth caught his spur in its folds, tearing it down and spraining his ankle. He crouched as ho foil fainting on ono knee, but soon straightened himself and stalked t heal ideally across the stage, brand i sh ine; his knife und shouting the state motto of Virginia, " Sic semper tyrun rrts I" afterwards adding, "Tho South is avenged !" He made his ox it on the opposite side of tho stage, passing Miss Keene as ho wont out. A man named Stewart, a tall lawyer of Washington, was tho only person with prosence of mind enough to spring upon tho stage and follow him, and ho wus too lato. It had all boon done so quickly and dramatically that many in the audionco woro dazed, und could not understand that anything not a part of tho play hud happened. When at lust, tho aw ful truth was known to them there en sued a scene, tho like of which was never known in a theater before. Wo men shrieked, sobbed and fainted. Men cursed und raved, or woro dumb with horror and amuzomcnt. Miss Keene stepped to the front and bogged the frightened and dismayed audience to be calm. Thon she entered the president's box with water and stimu- ! lants. Medicul aid was summoned and came with Hying feet, but came too late. The murderer's bullet* had done its wicked work woll. The president hud hardly stirred in his chair, and never spokoor showed any signs of con sciousness again. Thoy carriod him Immediately to tho house of Mr. Peterson, opposite tho theater, and there at 7:22 tho next morning, tho loth of April, ho died. ?The mero uso of Intoxicants is not a moral wrong. The wrong Is In tho abuse, the Immoderate use, but tho line between the modoruto and Immoderate uso is very vaguo and shadowy. Phil anthropists, realizing the oxtont of tho, dark evil and the vice and sorrow it causes the world, havo called for a spell with which to put down the de mon. The spell has been found and it is total abstinence. Millions have boon klliod By aloohol who were nover drunk in their llvoa, as the word is commonly understood. Tho effects of alcohol are so insidious, there aro so many opportun I tiosjfor tho acquirement Of 1.lie habit of intemperance, that the only safoguard is total abstlnonco. Let good men, men of strength and power, be total abstainers and tho woak will follow. Oh, for tho charity of a Man ning who said he needed tho pledge because a poor dock laborer needed it. ?Bishop Ireland. THE END OF THE WAK. The Honors Puhl to Jefferson Davis? A Remarkable Editorial. The Now York Sun has recently made a remarkable utterance In re gard to the honors given to the re mains of ex-President Davis, and when it is remembered that the kindly and conciliatory expressions came from the pen of Editor Charles A. Dana, who was assistant secretary of war under Edwin M. Stanton, the conclusion may be drawn with safety that the war at last is ended, and the era of peace is at hand: With imposing ceremonies the body of the former President of tho Con federate States has been brought for reinterment to the city whioh was the capital aim the stroughold of the Con federacy. The demonstration of af fection and respect, in whieh a large portion of our Southern brethren have taken part, must bo recognized as a proof that tho Confederate cause, though lost, is still beloved; and that tho organizers of secession aro be lieved by many of their children to have deserved success, although they woro unable to command it But the most remarkable feature of tho occa sion has passed unnoticed, namely, that tho honors to tho momory of Jof forson Davis have provoked no word of protest from tho North, although they were rendered at the very time when wo commemorated those who died to to uphold the Union. Iho spectacle presented at Rich mond will bo appreciated by tho his torian who contrasts tho present posi tion of the beaten party In tho war of tho rebellion with the treatment of the vanquished in other civil wars. The time never came in the history of Rome when tho sympathy and admiration felt by many of tho people and by a large part of the senators for Brutus and Casslus and other resolute foes of Cu-sarism could bo publicly avowed. Moro than a century elapsed after tho battle of Philippi before the pen of Tacitus could disclose even by iuu ondo the stubborn hostility of the de feated. Tho Republican ideas which triumphed In tho English Common wealth, and were stilled at the Resto ration, recovored only a trace of their former influence in lt>88: and the day has yet to dawn when English public opinion will tolerate the erection of a statue to Oliver Cromwell in West minster Abbey. Nothing could attest moro strikingly the enlightenment and magnanimity of the American people than tho fact that Northern men can view without remonstrance or ill will the devotion of their Southern brethren to the mem ory of the statesman in whom was in carnated tho effort to subvert the Union. Such patience, sueb indulgence, such willingness to make allowances, such comprehension of another's point of view, Is without a parallel in the experience of nations. In the North it is so absolutely true that the war is over, and that all animosities which it engendered aro elTuced, that no Irrita tion is excited by tho reluctance now and thon exhibited by Southerners to forget tho dissensions of tho past and to remember only that they are now the honored and trusted citizens of a reunited country. To feel irritated is impossible, in view of the awakening of tho Northern mind to a keen sense of the difficulty of deciding whether, as a matter of strict traditional right, tho attempt at secession could not bo justified. Among the signs of this awakening, and of the curiously be lated preponderance of Calhoun's views of the Constitution over Web ster's, may be mentioned tho testi mony of the grandson of John Qulnoy Adams, who, in bis history of the Jef ferson and Madison administrations, points out that the first statesmun to proclaim in the House of Representa tives the right of a State to secede was Josiah Qulnoy of Massachusetts. That was a fact which Massachusetts had forgotten in 18(11. It was really the doctrine of State rights, carried, indeed, thirty years ago to an extreme inconsistent with tho safety and development of free in stitutions on this continent, and to that extent condemned by tho arbitrament of war, but still a doctrine, when soberly applied, of deep and vital moment to the republic, which is hon ored at Richmond in the person of Jef ferson Davis. No word, therefore, of rebuke, but only regret that war was needed to mark tho limitations of the principle, will bo heard from those who felt that unity wus un even more cssentiul guarantee of American liberty and progress. REUNION OK SURVIVORS. All Confederate Veterans Invited to a Barbecue at Greenwood. Grkknwood, S. O, Juno 15.?At a citizens' meeting tho following resolu tions woro adopted : Whereas tho survivors of the Sixth South Carolina Cuvalry huvo culled a mooting for July 4 at Greenwood for tho purpose of otfoeting a permanent organization; and whereas, we tho citizens of Greenwood and vicinity, fooling a doop intorest in the move ment and desiring to make tho occasion onjoyablo; therefore, bo it RoBolvod 1st. That a free barbecue bo glvon to all attending survivors of tho Sixth South Carolina Cavalry. 2d. That wo oxtend to all other Confederate veterans who now reside In this State, or once belonged to one of its organizations, un invitation to be present and partake with tho Sixth Regiment of the barbecue. 3. That special invitations be ex tended to Generals J. B. Gordon, Fitz Hugh Lee. James Longstreot and Stephen I). Loo, to bo present, and to contribute to tho onjoymont of tho oc casion. 4th. That invitations be extended to Mrs. Col. Hugh Alken und Mrs. Major T. B. Ferguson to l>o present and become the guests of the town of Greenwood. Thomas F. Rilky, Chairman. J. D. CARK, Secretary. THE Color and Quality of Baas. ?Food has a great Influence on tho quality of oggs. Corn has the effect when fed liberally of causing the lions to produce oggs with rieh looking, dark yollow yolks. While wheat fed instead of corn will yield oggs of a palo yollow. The public imaglno tho dark yellow yolk eggs aro tho richest. Thoy are not; the palo yolk ogg, made so from a good, sound wheat diet, is the richest, ?ays the Baltimore Sun. Greon food in tho spring produces tho dark yellow yolk. While food has considerable in fluence on the yolk of tho ogg it has little or nono whatever on tho color of the shell. There are certain breeds that never lay any othor than white shelled eggs, and others that also in variably lay brown shelled ones. An egg from a Leghorn that was not white, and pure whitoat that, would novor be sot by a poultry fancier. A white egg from any of tho Asiatic broods would be a curiosity. Tho distinctive shape and color of the eggs of domestic poul try are as marked and established a feature as is the case with wild birds. WORLD'S FAIR TRANSPORTATION Among tho many marvelous things at tho World's Fair, tho arrangements which havo boen mado by Chicago for handling tho crowds between the city and the fair aro not tho least notable When it is remembered that the depot district is in the heart of Chicago, and the fair grounds are eight miles south, the time that is to be consumed in truveling back and forth becomes an important consideration to tbe visitor who has only a weok or two in which to see things which months might be easily occupied in seeing. There are four principal arteries of travel, the Illinois Centra) railroad, the cable lines, tbe elevated railway, and the lake steamers. The prepara tions which have been made by these for handling the crowds are truly Chi cagoan, and impressive. The Illinois Central has always carried a tremen dous suburban travel, and to bundle this extraordinary number of passen gers had to make tremendous prepara tions. Eight lines of track were built which cross no other tracks ut grade, tho block system was put in, and new sheds und depots were constructed. Tho outluy was throe millions of dol lars. Tho tracks lio along tho luke shore, und aro fonccd olf from tho city by a wull of masonry, so that trains can dash along ut tremendous speed without danger of encountering obstaclos on tho track. On these trucks aro daily operated three hundred and eighteen trains at intervals of live minutes with a seating capacity of 200,000. Two tracks nearest to tho Lake shoro aro used exclusively for World's Fair travel. On theso tracks an express train of ten cars leaves each end of tho line every two minutes. Tho seating capacity of each truin is 000 persons. The eight mile run is mude in fifteen minutes without stops. Tho seats run ucross the entire width of the cars as in the open curs on our electric lino, and after the passengers arc all in tho cars arc closed automati cally the entire length. When a train arrives at tho fair grounds tho cars aro opened all at once, by a man on the top ofu tho truin und us fast as the cars uro emptied from ono side thoy aro lllled from tho other. The avorugc time occupied in emptying u truin of 1,000 persons is thirty seconds. In thirty seconds more their places are occupied by others for tho return trip. During this time the engine which brought tho truin out has been detach ed, und ono put on to tho rear end. This takes just thirty-seven seconds. Six hundred cars un hour are thus manipulated with a capacity of 57,000 passengers, or more than a million a day. The fare is ten cents, and is paid before entering the train, so there uro no conductors necessary. The elevated road runs trains also at intervals of two minutes, consumes thirty minutes in making tho eight miles, and has a capacity of llfty thous and passengers an hour?fare live cents. Chicago's system of cable roads is ono of the finest in tho country, and the two linoshave a capucity of 50,000 passengers an hour. The trip occupies forty minutes, and ears run at inter vals of one minute?fare live cents. The Lake steamers take thirty min utes each way and charge 25 cents for the round trip. They have a capacity of 25,000 passengers an hour. Of course there are coach lines and hacks in large numbers, but the four lines above mentioned would seem to make, them superfluous, us they have u com bined carrying capucity of 1!)7,0<)0 pus sengers per hour, or for u day of eigh teen hours 3,550,800. These figures seem almost beyond reason, but they show what crowds Chicago expeets and is prepared to handle. They also relieve the mind of any visitors anticipating long delays or exorbitant hack fare. A unique feature of transportation within tin; grounds are the. roller chairs. These may be hired for forty cents an hour where one proposes to furnish his own motive power, or seventy-live cents an hour with a man to push it. There are two thousand of these chairs and they arc propelled by the students from the Chicago University and Other colleges, who make intelligent guides. They are thus given full opportunity to study the exposition and to make a snug sum besides. Tho chairs which are pushed by tho theological students are called "Gospel Chariots." The young men who push theso chairs uro entertaining college students, so that the young lady who employs ono can be careful to select a handsome youth, and she is thus provided with transportation and a bouu at the same time.?Augusta Chronicle. STRANGER THAN FICTION. The Recovery of a Stolen Boy Atter Twenty-Klght. Years. Tho strange story of a lost boy being restored to Iiis parents after twenty eight years had elapsed since his dis appearance roads like a romance. Af ter a thorough investigation it is dem onstrated that W. P. Chancy, of Gainesville, Ga., is the long-lost son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chancy, of Washington, N. C. The boy was lost on October 6, 1805, being then four years old. His disappearance remained a profound mystery for twenty-eight yours. At first it wus thought that he wus playing out behind the garden with his brother, but it wus not so. It seems that they woro playing together whon tho elder trotted to meet his uncle, the little one following, but being too small, lost sight of them and took tho wrong path and got lost. His parents und hundreds of other eager hunters searched the woods for weeks and weeks, but no trace could bo found of the wanderer. Several ideas Itravailed ; some thought he had beeu mrnt in u blazing tar kiln, others sup posed that ho had been devoured by wild animals, while some said he must bo stolen by a tobacco podler, whom they had scon in the vicinity. This latter theory is probably the correct ono. Tho boy, now u man 32 years of ago, remembers riding on water. He was left at u Hornau Cutholic in stitution ut Savannah, Ga., where ho remained twelve or fourteon years. Getting tired of it he decamped Octo ber 21, 1884, and wont to Forsyth County, whore he got u living the best way he could, and afterwards in Hu ford. He had been working' In Gaines ville somo time when un old book agent, hearing his name, asked if ho mid uny kin in Wushington, N. C. On being told not, ho advised him towrito as ho might he tho son they had lost so many yoarH ago. This was on No vember 20, 1802. So he wrote and sent his photograph. In duo time, on tho first day of May, 1803, he recoivod a letter tolling him the story of his disappearance twenty eight yours bofore, and as ho answered the doHcriptlon, he determined to make tho trip and loft Gainesville May Kith, arriving at Washington on the 19th. His arrival having boon widoly hor alded by his overjoyed relutivoa, a multitude of people had ussomblod and he, trembling with emotion, was car ried to a vehicle and went to the lost boy's home. Upon his arrival his old mother, bent down with her 73 years, naid she recognized him at once and her faith that she would one day see hot* boy ugain was rewarded. Equally glad was his poor old father of oighty two summer!), as he welcomed the long lost son. Mrs. Chancy, his mother, kept all his playthings and when making quilts for her children made his too, believ ing t but she would see him some time. He has four brothers and two sisters, and a host of cousins, so many, he says, if they all would give him a nickle a month he would never have to work uny more. He is back at his work now, but will, he says, return to his new found home in tile fall. EN'QAORD TO FORTY MEN. Remarkable Accomplishment of a Clever Female Swindler. New York, June 12.?A remarkably brilliant female swindler with a pen chant for love-making was arrested by a police inspector at Albany today anil locked up in the county jail, there to await the action of the United States authorities. Miss Waters, otherwise Miss .Tenie E. Rivers, has made a good income for some years as a result of her ability to write tender missives. It was her wont to advertise her charms in the various matrimonial papers published throughout the country. Having opened up a correspondence with all the lonosomo swains who an swered her ads, Miss Waters or Rivera would proceed to work them into a tine frenzy of love through the malls. When they had reached the proper stage sho would accept the proposition to marry that was always made, and agree to join tho seeker after her hand at bis home. But, in order to do this, she informed her admirer that sho would have to ask them to send her enough money to pay her traveling and incidental expenses, as she was "a poor girl " whoso parents had long been dead. After remittances for expenses came her love would chill at once and no sub sequent letters would bo answered. The police authorities have been re ceiving complaints from disappointed and ungallant lovers for some time. Among the latest complaints was a young gentleman of the significant name of Fix, who lives at Hallock, Minn. Ho had fixed things with Miss Waters to tho extent of sending her $50. Pollee Inspector James got all the letters sent to Fix. They were all signed "Jessie E. Rivers," and had been written from 588 Lansing street, Albany. On Friday, Inspector James, accompanied by Inspector Kyle, went to Albany and they today arrested the woman. Sho is 28 years old, short and a brunette. Though very good looking herself, she was in the habit of making doubly sure of catching her victims by sending them pictures of professional beauties und actresses which she re presented were "good photographs" of herself. She has operated from tho Lansing street address, und also from 70 Her kimor street, Albany. In the letters to Fix she addressed him as " My Own Dear," " Mr Darling,'" and "My Dear est Friend," and pictured their happi ness when she should have taken pos session of is cottuge. After getting j the traveling expenses to Hallock, ! Minn., whore she was to meet him In I order to get married, she wrote asking for a "little additional money with which to buy a trunk and a pair of shoes und a few other small things needed by a woman under the circum stances." As soon as Fix can come east the wo man will be tried for using the mails for fraudulent purposes. She had promised to marry 40 men in the same way. according to the records found bv the Inspectors, and it is believed that she swindled many other seekers after a wife of whom no record has been made. DIVORCES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Judgo Wltherspoon, of this State, has recently made a decision which af fects the legal status of any one who is granted a divorce in another State, so far us our luws are concerned. The Yorkville Enquirer furnishes un au thorized statement of tho decision, which is quite interesting, and says that under this decision it would seem to follow that if the divorced wife should marry again and return to this State, she would be liable to prosecu tion for bigamy. The question came up in the case of Churles W. MeCreery. plaintiff against J. Henry Davis, defendant, in a suit to compel the specific performance of a contract in a land transaction. Davis, it appears sometime ago, contracted with MeCreery for the purchase of two lots in the city of Columbia, the purchase money to be due and payable on the surrender by MeCreery of the title deeds to the lots. In due time MeCreery ? tendered the deeds, but Davis refused to receive them or pay tho money, on the ground that, contain ing no renunciation of dower, they were imperfect. MeCreery set up that he had been married in the Stute of New York, but after becoming a citizen of South Caro lina, his wife went to Chicago, and thero secured a divorce, he having been made a party to it by publication. Therefore, the wife hud no right of dower in the property, und alleging that the titles were complete, brought suit to compel Davis to specifically perform his part of the contract. The matter came up before Judge Witherspoon, and the main question considered was this : Can the luws of another State, by grunting a divorce to the wife, adjudge to be dissolved tho matrimonial relations of the husband then and now a domiciled citizen of this Stute V Judge Witherspoon suys no. It is universally recognized that each State has the sovereign power to regulate the domestic status of its own citizens. Therefore, while a foreign divorce to the wife may change her status within the Slate in which the divorce is obtained, it cannot affect tho status of the husband domiciled in this Stute, for his status is regulated by our own laws. Cur laws prescribe and our courts bavo decided, that in this State marriage isa civil contract, indissoluble except by the death of one of the part ies to it, und, therefore, whether the marriage may have been contracted in South Carolina Ol" New York, a divoroo grunted in (llionts cannot alter or change the matrimonial status of the husband in this State. Outsidoof South Carolina, the former Mrs. MeCreery is a divorced woman, but In South Carolina she is still the recognized wife of Mr. MeCreery, and retains her right of dower in his prop* erty until her death. The ease, which is a very interesting ono, will go up to tho supremo eourt, whore tho final decision upon It, one way or tho other, will i o of far reach ing Importance. ?A destructive huil storm pussed over portions of Lancaster County lust weok. Hundreds of acres of cotton and com wore lltorally destroyed by the hall. Ono farmor lost 100 acros of cot ton and forty-five acros of corn. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. The President Sliichtly Indisposed? Omee-Seokers are Still Abundant? Various Items of Interest. Washington, Juno 15.?The Presi dent is indisposed, not seriously so, it is said, but still sufficiently under the weather to remain at his country resi dence instead of encountering the heat and turmoil of the city and office seekers. Ho hopes to be able to visit the White House to-morrow. Appointments in tho office of the Assistant Attorney General of the Interior Department have been made as follows: Emraett Womack of Geor gia, reporter of land decisions: Wil liam M. Byrd of Alabama, Elbert M. H?cker of South Carolina and Jo Lyon of Virginia, law clerks. M. D. Wlckorsham, United States Attorney for tho Southern District of Alubama, has sent in his resignation, which has been accepted by the direc tion of the President: Charles Price, United States Attorney for Western District of North Carolina, has resign ed and the same has been accepted. Word was received at tho Navy De partment to-day that tho United States steamer Atlanta has arrived at Colon for coal. Yellow fever has uppourod at some points on the Isthmus, and as affairs in Nicaragua appear to havo quieted down, it is probable that tho United States naval vessels will not be kept much longer in that vicinity. The Alliance will probably go down the cost of South America as far us Callaoand remain there until tho Phil adelphia arrives in Peruvian waters, which it is expected will bo some time in August, so that a United States naval vessel will bo on hand during and after the elections in .July. Tho Atlanta, in tho meantime, will return to Greytown. She reports that she loft everything quiet and harmon ious in Nicaragua and matters aro also quiet on tho Isthmus. To-day the names of sixty-sovon clerks were dropped from tho rolls of the General Land Office. Of this num ber six were from Class 4 ($1,800 per annum); nineteen from Class,'!, ($1,(>00); sixteen from Class 2. ($1,400); ton from Class 1 ($1,2(H)); eight, from the $1,000 class, and eight from the copyist class of $01)0. Secretary Smith has been guided by a desire to raise the standard of the service, and to that end politics havo not been permitted to enter Into the question of who should 1)? dismissed and who retained. It is known that clerks without any political support whatever havo been retainod while others having tho personal friendship and influence of prominent Democratic Senators and members of the House and others high in official life havo been dismissed. The strict rule of efficiency, shaded now and then by a desire not to inflict too grievous a hardship, has been the controlling force in making all the re movals. The names of Thomas E. Crittcnden, Consul General at the City of Mexico, and of Judge Sneed, both of Kentucky, are said to be under consideration in connect ion with the appointment of at successor to J. II. Biount of Georgia as United States Minister to the Hawai ian Islands. Gossip has it that one of thoin will be chosen. There is no agreement as to which one. Secretary Grcsham refused to be interviewed on the subject. ST ATI-) NEWS IN BRIEF. Interesting Notes from Various Sour ces. ?Rev. Dr. Gwaltney has accepted the pastorate of the Edgefield Baptist Church. ? Ex-Judge Korshaw announces that he will resume the practice of law at Camden. ?The grand jury of Sumtor bus re commended that the old courthouse bo sold and a new one built in another portion of tho town. ? A military company has been or ganized at ItidgC Spring. Thirty-live; members wove enrolled, and Dr. W. I>. Youngblood wus elected captain. ? Elbert M. Rucker, of Columbia, who was endorsod by Senators lrby and Butler, has been appointed to a $2,000 clerkship in the Interior depart ment. ?Mr. W. E. Bran they, of Orange burg, who has been a clerk in the treasury department for Some time, has been made chief of a division with $:i,(MK) salary. ?John R. Keels, of Sumter, under indictment for forgery, has been -noti fied to got out of the way or a bench warrant will be issued for his arrest. He will likely take the hint and leave the country. ?The TugalOO Iron Works at Abbe ville has the contract to furnish tho iron pillars and other iron work for the new court house at Yorkvillc. Tho pillar.-, will be the largest ever cast in this State. ?James Trott i, a colored farmer of Red Oak, Barnwell County, has raised wheat enough to make three or four barrels of Hour, besides the seconds and bran. He says it will COSt him far less than it would' to buy it. ?Mr. W. T. MoFall Of Pickens County sent ten and'a quarter pounds of money to the Easley Bank Saturday. It was all in one cent pieces and there was 1,500 of them. He still has about 100 or 150 which he is keeping for seed. ?At the WolTord College commence ment Rev. N. B. Clarkson, in behalf of the members of tho South Carolina Con ference, presented to Bishop Duncan a beautiful ivory silver mounted gavel. The Bishop accepted it In a few appro priate remarks. ?Tho mail contract hei'Otofoi'0 ex isting between tho W. C. &? A. and the C, C. ?fc A. railroads has expired, and the people of Sumter and other places along the Atlantic Coast Lino will Buffer a great deal of inconvenience in consequence. - Tho several Alliances of Chester and York County have decided to havo a big picnic at Wylio's mill, July 20. Senator lrby, Congressman Talbort, Hon. John Gary Evans and other dis tinguished speakers are expected tube present and address the people. - Rev. V. I. Masters has accepted the pastorate of the Rock Hill Baptist Church and will take charge July 1. Mr. Masters is a South Carolinian and a graduate of Punnan University, and has just finished at the Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary at Louis ville. ?It Is thought that the District At torney of South Carolina Will bo ap pointed by the 1st of July, and the 'main fight is between Geo. W. Dargan, of Darlington, and W. Perry Murphy, of ColletOn. The indications favor Dargan, who is backed by ex-Governor Hugh s. Thompson. ?Tho chandelier of the Clinton Meth odist Church, upon which rested eight heavy lamps, fell with a crash on Sun day night, llth inst. The oil caught lire and it looked at one time as if tho building would In) burned. Hard work soon extinguished the Dames, however. No ono waH hurt. Tho ehaudolier wa? a eo.-dy y ono.